About this Add-on

SSLPersonas changes Firefox's theme according to the security status of the currently opened web site. It uses Lightweight Themes that ship with the add-on.

There are currently 5 different modes (ordered by security level starting with the most secure):

Extended Validation: A green theme appears whenever a site uses a valid certificate that includes additional information about the owner

Standard Validation: A blue theme is shown whenever site use standard certificates. Secure - no more, no less.

Certificate Warnings: Some web sites generally use SSL encrypted connections, but request some unencrypted content. Whenever this is the case, a purple theme is presented to the user.

Unencrypted Connection: Web sites that use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), trigger a red theme. Many sites do not have certificates. SSLPersonas informs the user about this deficiency and maybe we can persuade web admins to set up a certficate - it's not that difficult.

Normal window: Firefox's default theme is used for content that is neither loaded via HTTP nor HTTPS, e.g. through the file:// protocol.

Your feedback is welcome!<p>I love hearing from you. In your message, please include how experienced you are with internet usage and how long you have been using SSLPersonas. Thanks!</p>

Development Channel

The Development Channel lets you test an experimental new version of this add-on before it's released to the general public. Once you install the development version, you will continue to get updates from this channel. To stop receiving development updates, reinstall the default version from the link above. Install development version

Caution: Development versions of this add-on have not been reviewed by Mozilla and can't be installed on release versions of Firefox.

Privacy Policy

SSLPersonas has never and will never collect any personal information. That is, none of your browsing history is shared with any third party through SSLPersonas. There is no communication with third-party servers whatsoever. Your data belongs to you. The source code is avaiable on GitHub and if you are savvy enough, feel free to inspect the code and confirm that this privacy policy holds true.

From time to time, SSLPersonas might open a tab after upgrading to a newer version, that asks you to participate in a survey. Those surveys are part of Tobias Stockinger's PhD research and are treated strictly confidential.